On the Way to the First CSP Pilot Plant in Jordan: The WECSP Project

Nitz, Peter; Fluri, Thomas; Lude, S.; Meyer, Richard; Alasis, Emil; Tawalbeh, M.; Shahin, Walid

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.123

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“… The point focusing systems: These systems concentrate the solar radiation at a central point called the receiver/tower. Examples include the solar dish (SD) system that uses parabolic dish-shaped solar concentrators that focus the sunlight onto a single central receiver [1].…”

Section: Background To Csp Technologiesmentioning

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Pilot Low-Cost Concentrating Solar Power Systems Deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study of Implementation Challenges

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Electricity is one of the most crucial resources that drives any given nation’s growth and development. The latest Sustainable Development Goals report indicates Africa still has a high deficit in electricity generation. Concentrating solar power seems to be a potential option to fill the deficit. That is because most of the components of concentrating solar power plants are readily available on the African market at affordable prices, and there are qualified local persons to build the plants. Pilot micro-concentrating solar power plants have been implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa and have shown promising results that could be expanded and leveraged for large-scale electricity generation. An assessment of a pilot concentrating solar power plant in the sub-region noticed one noteworthy obstacle that is the failure of the tracking system to reduce the operating energy cost of running the tracking control system and improve the multifaceted heliostat focusing behavior. This paper highlights the energy situation and the current development in concentrating solar power technology research in Africa. The paper also presents a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art solar tracking systems for central receiver systems to illustrate the current direction of research regarding the design of low-cost tracking systems in terms of computational complexity, energy consumption, and heliostat alignment accuracy.

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Section: Background To Csp Technologiesmentioning

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“…Electrical energy is one of the most crucial resources that drives every given nation's growth and development [1,2]. However, as the commonest and most sustainable forms of electrical energy today, fossil fuels are central in their source of production.…”

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confidence: 99%